Arizona weekly enterprise., 1887-10-22

The Moore irrigating ditch on the north slde of the Gila opposite Round Valley, has been completed distance of four miles, leaving only one mile more to finish. Five men only are at work but they accomplish great deal.
 Mrs. Charles Mason's property in Los Angeles, for which $15, 5,0OO was paid, is now worth $75, 1000, and her real estate in San Francisco, that cost $75, ,O00. is now worth S200,000. That is very comfortable advance on theoriginal cost.
 Mir Steve M. Bailey will resign as constable for the Florence precinct to accept a more lucrative position at Sil, yer King Mir. Bailey has made an ex- cellent officer and it is to be regretted that he has concluded to resign. The present term of court will clear the docket for Pinal county. Judge Por- ter, however, will not adjourn the court for the term, but will leave it open sol that in case of necessity he can come to Florence, and hear and determine any cases that may require adjudicating.
 Match Safes at Weedin & Meek's Hon. P. R. Brady's new Touring mill IS rapidly approaching completion and 1t will be Tn running order by the first of November. For small mill it will be very complete and It IS expected to turn l out as good flour as can be made any where. Its capacity is estimated at three thousand pounds per day.
 Messrs. w. Vernoy and F. A. Adams left last Sunday to take up their tenn porary residence in San Diego They are both first class mechanics and will meet with success wherever they may choose to cast their fortunes. Mir. Eugene Cadotte accompanied them to San Diego, and he purposes extending his visit to the eastern states.
 Sheriff Fryer brought over from Phe- nix on Monday, Manuel Benterros who was indicted by the grand jury for in- dulging in a little cutting scrape few months ago with Ygnacio Salcido, in tine vacant lot at the rear of the Catholic Church. Sheriff Halbert, of Marlcopa county, made the arrest on telegraphic request from Mir. Fryer.
 Messrs. T. F. Weedin, Aaron Mason and John Kenyon left yesterday with an Apache Indian for guide, to locate a marvelously rich gold mine, providing the Indian can remember where he ob- tained his very rich specimens. More will be known of the find in three or four days if the parties are not scalped in the meantime.
 Mats for picture frames at Weedin & Meek's.
 The late October showers surprise the native weather prophets and lead some of them to believe that radical change is coming over the meteorological condi- tions of Arizona. With a shade cooler weather in summer and little more rainfall, nothing could be more perfect than southern Arizona, the legendary land of the leal excepted.
 Mir. G. E. McCrary and wife arriv- ed from Kansas City on Thursday, to take up his residence in Florence. He is interested with MT. Geo. w. Campbell in the livery business here. Mir. Nc Crary is son of Judge McCrary, attor- ney of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe railroad company, and he will be an ac- quisition to the businessm men of Florence.
 Mir. Julian Laughlin, a St. Louis law yer. was in Florence this week taking general look at the Gila valley. He was called to Phenix to look after the inter- ests of St. Louis parties in litigation and embraced the opportunity of inspecting this valley. He is said to represent cap italists who contemplate investing in the Florence canal.
 ~ .l | thoroughly understood that her restaur- ant table is supplied with the very best of everything and that no better meals can be had Tn town. She has also rooms or lodgers and free baths for hei patrons. Strangers will find everything comforta- ble, clean and satisfactory.
 Mir. w. A. Marston was down from the Reymert camp at De Noon, the first part of the week. He says the mill cleaned up seventy five pounds of bullion from a run of eight days. The water supply is not sufficient and the wells will be sunk deep enough to furnish all the water re- quired When this fault is remeded the output of the mill will be large and con- tinuous.
 The road from Pioneer to Riverside is | III btlCu COnOltlOu do CO dU5Olutely re- quire repairs. It may be truthfully said that as highway it IS useless. It is own ed by Pinal and Gila counties and the Toll Road Company, each having divid- ed interest If nothing more is done, the boulders that now obstruct it should be removed, and without dslay.-Silver Belt.
 Lots in the Western Addition are still in brisk demand and it new looks as though several scores of residences will spring up in that portion of town during the next few months. The proximity of these lots to the business portion of the place add to the many other advantages they possess. Messrs. Oury & Guild will | give any information respecting them that may be desired.
 Mir. Peter Will received telegram on Tuesday from Albuquerque, New Mex ico, informing him that MT. Geo. L. Wrat- ten, former resident of this place, had been found dead in his bed that morning. Mir. Wratten left Florence about five years ago and in Albuquerque he built up a lucrative business furnishing ab- stracts of title. His wife is now e teach CT in the public school in this place, and she left at once upon receipt of the news c.